“The book lacks coherence, but Gordon’s score is frustrating for a different reason: It actually has potential. The production kicks off brightly...alas, too many of the numbers sound tacked on or unfinished. If only a teenage Midwestern messiah could come to the rescue.”
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"The show wants to comment on intolerance of the religious, book-banning sort as well as the post-truth media environment facilitated by the likes of Fox News, but it gets caught up in all sorts of narrative cul-de-sacs and dead ends involving flights of angels, a revised Ten Commandments, manipulative radio shock jocks, and a melodramatic teen death right out of an old James Dean picture. (The latter is jarringly out of place in an otherwise jokey, lighthearted evening.) Every time you think something is about to happen, the show loses focus and drifts in another direction."
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“Though the lyrics are often corny and elementary, the show features a strong ensemble of voices led by Williams alongside Lagerstam and Badia Farha, and a rousing eleven o'clock number with a golden-voiced and gowned Sagal.”
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"The Gospel According to Heather," with book, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon, is a story about a teenager's struggles with fitting in with her contemporaries, finding a boyfriend, and dealing with the supernatural powers which she seems to have acquired after finding a Roman coin in a fish. On the surface, this show appears to be a coming-of-age tale with music, but it is much more: it is a cleverly done and, at times, pointed commentary on the socio-political nature of contemporary America and of religion.
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"The Gospel According to Heather," with book, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon...swings and misses in each creative category: its book, for all its faddish allusions to sexual wokeisms, is confused, nonsensical, and unfunny; its music is too often loud and unpleasant; and many of its lyrics are banality exemplified.
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"The musical numbers are radiant, heart-warming, tongue in cheek hilarious. The cast is a marvelous ensemble of voice and story. This is a musical of hope, magic, and fighting through to understanding."
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